Justin Timberlake Was Tortured by Teen Rage  2/6/07

Justin Timberlake forced himself to lighten up as he got older because he didn't want to be an angry young man.

The star's parents split when he was just a toddler and Timberlake admits it turned him into a control freak and perfectionist.

He explains, "I was a tortured young dude - to the point of rage.

"My mom used to make jokes. She goes, 'It's no shock to me that you're obsessed with sneakers, because that's the only thing you looked at for the first 10 years of your life.'

"And if I couldn't do something really well when I was a kid, I wouldn't do it at all. I wanted everything to be perfect."